Navy
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Not baseless. It’s based on fact. I witnessed that shyt myself in collegemake completely baseless assumptions, brehs...
Nuke is a shytty job..shyt might be worse than an ABE for worse job on a carrier.
Work like 14hr shift plus whatever they're duty shift is ..and that's out to sea and I.ln port.
In port we was off by 1300...I was an ABF..worked in v5 my last year .
Work like 14hr shift plus whatever they're duty shift is ..and that's out to sea and I.ln port.
In port we was off by 1300...I was an ABF..worked in v5 my last year .
people flunk out of nuke school on purposeYeah. Mad ppl flunk out, get sent to the regular navy and be miserable
that life is ass.
what did you do about it?
Nothing. I’m not a snitch
Navy Enlisted here 5 years so far, getting out '24. Machinists Mate, E-4.
Air Force. Air Force. Air Force.
Enlisted in Navy is a dice roll. Her experience will largely depend on her chain of command and how the Commanding Officer runs shyt on her first ship.
IT/Operations rates are the go-to. If she has a solid AVSAB, make sure she gets something decent or leave the MEPS station for offering bullshyt.
Engineer rates largely depend on the state of the equipment/how her shop runs/Chief Engineer and Top Snipe (DLCPO) do business. It's either gonna be decent, or she'll hate her life first couple of months.
Most ships are old with equipment from the fukking 80s that had a shelf life of 10 years, but Big Navy still has engineers doing backflips through rings of fire trying to get shyt running still and doing outdated maintenance.
Updated equipment is backlogged like shyt, working hours are shyt because everyone is undermanned because people are smartening up and getting out instead of letting CoC treat them like shyt but lean on them to accomplish anything.
If she looks halfway decent, there'll be dudes following her around even though they work on the other side of the ship. If her experience is shyt the first couple of months, she'll prolly plot to get pregnant and get sent off the boat. Real shyt
Get her AVSAB straight so she can go to the Air Force, and if she has to wait a year or two before going, that's okay. Dont let her get impatient and go Navy because they'll ship her out immediately.
If shyt wasn't as fukked up as it is, I'd prolly do 20 years no cap. However, between the politics E7s like to pull when it comes to evals, CoC keeping sailors at work all day for bullshyt, having to work so hard to get equipment that should have been replaced 15 years ago barely working, shyt is for the birds. The actual job isn't hard, hell I think every rate that has a civilian counterpart is decent (even cooks/CS), but the bullshyt circumstances people have to work around makes shyt unbearable.
Honestly? I'd hold off for a couple of years if she is deadset on Navy. Let most of these garbage ships get their drydock periods and actually enter the 21st century, let these back-in-the-day bullshytters at E6 and above get kicked out or retire, and let the Navy start taking mental health much more seriously than they have been because if she is delicate and has a CoC like some of these departments have, she'll be on the catwalk at 0200 in the morning threatening to jump over the side of the ship
Air Force. Air Force. Air Force.
Enlisted in Navy is a dice roll. Her experience will largely depend on her chain of command and how the Commanding Officer runs shyt on her first ship.
IT/Operations rates are the go-to. If she has a solid AVSAB, make sure she gets something decent or leave the MEPS station for offering bullshyt.
Engineer rates largely depend on the state of the equipment/how her shop runs/Chief Engineer and Top Snipe (DLCPO) do business. It's either gonna be decent, or she'll hate her life first couple of months.
Most ships are old with equipment from the fukking 80s that had a shelf life of 10 years, but Big Navy still has engineers doing backflips through rings of fire trying to get shyt running still and doing outdated maintenance.
Updated equipment is backlogged like shyt, working hours are shyt because everyone is undermanned because people are smartening up and getting out instead of letting CoC treat them like shyt but lean on them to accomplish anything.
If she looks halfway decent, there'll be dudes following her around even though they work on the other side of the ship. If her experience is shyt the first couple of months, she'll prolly plot to get pregnant and get sent off the boat. Real shyt
Get her AVSAB straight so she can go to the Air Force, and if she has to wait a year or two before going, that's okay. Dont let her get impatient and go Navy because they'll ship her out immediately.
If shyt wasn't as fukked up as it is, I'd prolly do 20 years no cap. However, between the politics E7s like to pull when it comes to evals, CoC keeping sailors at work all day for bullshyt, having to work so hard to get equipment that should have been replaced 15 years ago barely working, shyt is for the birds. The actual job isn't hard, hell I think every rate that has a civilian counterpart is decent (even cooks/CS), but the bullshyt circumstances people have to work around makes shyt unbearable.
Honestly? I'd hold off for a couple of years if she is deadset on Navy. Let most of these garbage ships get their drydock periods and actually enter the 21st century, let these back-in-the-day bullshytters at E6 and above get kicked out or retire, and let the Navy start taking mental health much more seriously than they have been because if she is delicate and has a CoC like some of these departments have, she'll be on the catwalk at 0200 in the morning threatening to jump over the side of the ship
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Navy Enlisted here 5 years so far, getting out '24. Machinists Mate, E-4.
Air Force. Air Force. Air Force.
Enlisted in Navy is a dice roll. Her experience will largely depend on her chain of command and how the Commanding Officer runs shyt on her first ship.
IT/Operations rates are the go-to. If she has a solid AVSAB, make sure she gets something decent or leave the MEPS station for offering bullshyt.
Engineer rates largely depend on the state of the equipment/how her shop runs/Chief Engineer and Top Snipe (DLCPO) do business. It's either gonna be decent, or she'll hate her life first couple of months.
Most ships are old with equipment from the fukking 80s that had a shelf life of 10 years, but Big Navy still has engineers doing backflips through rings of fire trying to get shyt running still and doing outdated maintenance.
Updated equipment is backlogged like shyt, working hours are shyt because everyone is undermanned because people are smartening up and getting out instead of letting CoC treat them like shyt but lean on them to accomplish anything.
If she looks halfway decent, there'll be dudes following her around even though they work on the other side of the ship. If her experience is shyt the first couple of months, she'll prolly plot to get pregnant and get sent off the boat. Real shyt
Get her AVSAB straight so she can go to the Air Force, and if she has to wait a year or two before going, that's okay. Dont let her get impatient and go Navy because they'll ship her out immediately.
Doom I don’t mean to knock you as you wrote down a lot of Extremely useful information specifically for the navy.
but some of the aspects you brought up are military wide. People don’t understand no matter how much things suck having a positive command climate helps make things work. That is what I think most people underrate if you hate doing your job, hate the people you are around, and hate the people you work for you will be miserable. That’s the same for every branch.
And let’s be honest pretty privilege is a real thing that I’m surprised people don’t bring up more often…(we all have different opinions of what pretty is however).
DeeezNuts
All Star
Air Force is the way to go.. convince her to become a sensor operator.. she can do her time and get all the training and experience.. then after 4 years.. if she don’t like it.. she can come get this contractor money …. And I do mean serious bread.
While yeah its military wide, just due to the nature of the Navy itself and how it operates right now, it's much more noticeable and affects the enlisted much more imo. The small differences between different Chains of Command is a lot more pronounced because it can be the difference between work stopping at 1400 while you're out at sea, or working through the night because the preferred punishment is taking away sleep and making said sailor less attentive/focused/aware.
navy is the most toxic branch by far. each ship is its own world and each team makes it up as they go depending on their job
working with navy made me appreciate the army's dumb shyt. there's a reason these clowns can't even stop running into their own ships
navy is the most toxic branch by far. each ship is its own world and each team makes it up as they go depending on their job
Running into ships because their Chief got petty out of nowhere and told them if that fan room wasn't painted by 1000 even though the Fire Marshal didn't get the cold work chits back out approved till 0800, that they would have to work on it at 2330 when he gets off watch, but 3 of those sailors have watch at 0130 because they're 6 on and 6 off
If I somehow didn't adapt to getting no sleep, I'm pretty sure I'd be out of the Navy for falling asleep on watch.
Up for 40 fukking hours on more than one occasion
after seeing the DUMB shyt that is applauded and reinforced that is obviously gonna get people killed on or off duty in the navy, i happily went back to taking my 24 hour shifts in the armyRunning into ships because their Chief got petty out of nowhere and told them if that fan room wasn't painted by 1000 even though the Fire Marshal didn't get the cold work chits back out approved till 0800, that they would have to work on it at 2330 when he gets off watch, but 3 of those sailors have watch at 0130 because they're 6 on and 6 off
If I somehow didn't adapt to getting no sleep, I'm pretty sure I'd be out of the Navy for falling asleep on watch.
Up for 40 fukking hours on more than one occasion
there's a little bit of Ft. Hood on every ship. and at least marines have each other's backs
and generally try to stay alive that last shooting at pearl was jokes. how you gonna know somebody is crazy - then give them a gun and leave
after seeing the DUMB shyt that is applauded and reinforced that is obviously gonna get people killed on or off duty in the navy, i happily went back to taking my 24 hour shifts in the army
there's a little bit of Ft. Hood on every ship. and at least marines have each other's backs
that last shooting at pearl was jokes. how you gonna know somebody is crazy - then give them a gun and leave
They'll send people to security and put guns in their hands and I'm just looking like
"That dude should be on a watch list. He literally has a "List" of people he wants to off.
""Yall know buddy's wife just divorced him and took the kids and he only 20 years old?
""Ole boy literally went missing for 10 hours and was found on a random catwalk that only a couple of people know about in his boxers standing on the rails...... and yall putting a gun in his hand and leaving him on the deck of the ship when we pull back in Port for 4 hours at a time alone with nothing but his thoughts...
"
Battle Beast
Over 9000!
I did 6 years in the Coast Guard and had several interactions with the Navy both land and sea and also at my last job working at a data center most of the techs in the office was Navy nuke techs coming off submarines. Being on a Navy ship is very taxing underway because it feels like non stop drills.
On your first patrol you will likely roll double 4-8 duty rotation which means you are on duty that day 4-8 am and pm plus your regular job duties in between and then what feels like non stop drills. Maybe once a week you might actually get an actual engine room fire. Oh and if you are on a carrier you also have flight ops which means nobody out on the decks and no smoking if that's your thing for the entire duration the flight ops is going on.
If you are good on running your body on no fumes then ship life is for you. If you are the type of person that you need exactly 8 hours or more of sleep everyday being shipbound will break you.
I have stories for DAYS about Coast Guard and Navy life too much to detail here. My recommendation is go Air Force that is always the best choice. There is a reason why many have called them the "Chair Force" it is light duty compared to everything else. If you have to be in a sea bound service go Coast Guard daily life is not as extreme as the Navy, you aren't out at sea as long usually 2-3 months max even though my unit did 6 months out at sea with the Navy but that is a rare thing that most won't likely be a part of.
All I can say is good luck and hopefully no matter what service she chooses to join that she makes a reasonable choice. I think IT jobs are the best jobs no matter where you are since they tend to have a good balance between shore side units and sea units. And take advantage of educational opportunities while in such as taking CLEP classes to stack up college credits that way after time is served you won't have to waste time and can pursue a Bachelor's or maybe even a Master's right away with the GI Bill instead of wasting years getting to that point when you can already be ahead of the game.
On your first patrol you will likely roll double 4-8 duty rotation which means you are on duty that day 4-8 am and pm plus your regular job duties in between and then what feels like non stop drills. Maybe once a week you might actually get an actual engine room fire. Oh and if you are on a carrier you also have flight ops which means nobody out on the decks and no smoking if that's your thing for the entire duration the flight ops is going on.
If you are good on running your body on no fumes then ship life is for you. If you are the type of person that you need exactly 8 hours or more of sleep everyday being shipbound will break you.
I have stories for DAYS about Coast Guard and Navy life too much to detail here. My recommendation is go Air Force that is always the best choice. There is a reason why many have called them the "Chair Force" it is light duty compared to everything else. If you have to be in a sea bound service go Coast Guard daily life is not as extreme as the Navy, you aren't out at sea as long usually 2-3 months max even though my unit did 6 months out at sea with the Navy but that is a rare thing that most won't likely be a part of.
All I can say is good luck and hopefully no matter what service she chooses to join that she makes a reasonable choice. I think IT jobs are the best jobs no matter where you are since they tend to have a good balance between shore side units and sea units. And take advantage of educational opportunities while in such as taking CLEP classes to stack up college credits that way after time is served you won't have to waste time and can pursue a Bachelor's or maybe even a Master's right away with the GI Bill instead of wasting years getting to that point when you can already be ahead of the game.